Property Tax CapNova Scotia’s Capped Assessment Program (CAP) was back in the news last month thanks to the Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities (NSFM) release of a visual mapping tool to better demonstrate the CAP’s impacts. The CAP was brought in by the Province back in 2005 in response to …
Agenda February 23Agenda Budget Committee February 24 2021 Capital Plan:Yesterday was one of the biggest days in Council’s annual budget deliberations: the review of the capital budget. HRM has no shortage of good ideas, but the municipality’s funds are limited. The result is a rollercoaster ride for most Councillors as …
Agenda January 26Agenda February 9Agenda Budget Committee February 17 Shirley’s Splash Pad:The big news over the last few weeks at Council for District 5 is the Friends of the Dartmouth Splash Pad’s success in fundraising for a Splash Pad on the Dartmouth Common. The Friends have secured $140,000 for the …
Harbour East Community Council had a significant development proposal before us last night: Twin Lakes. The Twin Lakes project site is located on Prince Albert Road near the Braemar Superstore (where Napa and the Surveyor’s Association are now). The project consists of two 12 storey buildings linked together with a …
News Homeless Camps:A week ago, a shed showed up on a small piece of municipal land in Downtown Dartmouth. The shed was dropped off by Halifax Mutual Aid for a homeless man who had been tenting there for a few months. CBC ran with the story, which included a good …
Agenda January 12Agenda Budget Committee January 12Agenda Budget Committee January 13Agenda Budget Committee January 20 Budget 2021It’s that time of year again, budget season at City Hall. Budget time is always the most challenging part of Council’s schedule. It doubles the workload and it’s not easy. The budget is where …
News COVID:COVID’s second wave has arrived. Quick and decisive action back in March, our Bubble, and the generally cooperative attitude of Atlantic Canadians has meant that we’ve been largely COVID free for months. We’ve been one of the few places in the world that has been able to say that. …
Agenda November 17Agenda November 24 Micmac Name:Council accepted my motion to look at renaming all municipal streets, a park, and a transit terminal that use the word Micmac. In District 5, this would be Micmac Boulevard and the Micmac Transit Terminal. This is a discussion that has been simmering in …
A back to the future Council update! I was swamped with the demands of running an election campaign and didn’t get a chance to write a summary of the previous Council’s very last meeting at the end of September. It was a doozy of a meeting though that had a …
News Election 2020The election campaign is over and the voters of HRM have chosen their representatives for the next four years. You can see complete results on the municipal website here. Here in District 5, I’m very grateful and humbled by the strong mandate I received to continue working on …
